The Bonners Ferry Badgers are taking a road trip to take on the Timberlake Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Bonners Ferry has given up an average of 10.1 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Bonners Ferry came up short against Sandpoint on Tuesday, falling 17-2. The Badgers haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Bonners Ferry saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maddox Mertzweiller, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Timberlake entered their tilt with St. Maries on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Lumberjacks 13-3. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won eight games by nine runs or more so far this season.
The team relied heavily on Gage Haines, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with five RBI and one double. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. Dane Perkl was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and three runs.
Timberlake was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .421. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Bonners Ferry's defeat dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Timberlake, their win bumped their record up to 11-8.
Bonners Ferry was able to grind out a solid victory over Timberlake when the teams last played on Friday, winning 11-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Badgers since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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